Life Writing and Celebrity: Exploring Intersections

by Sandra Mayer

Book Overview

This book examines the relationship between life writing and celebrity in English-language and comparative literary and cultural contexts, focusing on historical as well as contemporary auto/biographical subjects.

With contributions on the 18th-century actress Peg Woffington, Charles Dickens, Mary Pickford, Sergei Eisenstein, W.H. Auden, Marilyn Monroe, and Michael Jackson, amongst others, the book encompasses a wide range of disciplines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032086629
• ISBN13: 9781032086620
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"